Lustre meaning

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lustred lustring
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Lustre is a British spelling for luster which is defined as a shine, brightness or special quality.

An example of lustre is the glow of sterling silver.

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The brass had a characteristic lustre that practically glowed when it was freshly cleaned.

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By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendour.

After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its lustre.

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He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.

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(rare, poetic) To make lustrous.
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A period of five years; a lustrum.
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Origin of lustre

Lustre Sentence Examples

  • The Church added a lustre of a different kind.

  • The lustre is metallic and brilliant.

  • The densest anthracite is of ten of a semi-metallic lustre, resembling somewhat that of graphite.

  • The lustre is bright and metallic. In its external characters graphite is thus strikingly similar to molybdenite.

  • It is an ironblack, opaque mineral, with metallic lustre; hardness about 6, sp. gr.

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